Car-seat.



No. 858,178. PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

` F. H. HENRY.

GAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED Dzo.15.'19oa.

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PATENTED J-UNE'Z, 1907. F. H. HENRY. 'I

CAR SEAT.

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FEED H. HENRY, or PHILADELPHMLVANIA, AssIeNoE To .IoHN A. BEILL, orPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-SEAT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED H. HENRY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in reversible car seats inwhich the back is shifted from one side to the other without turning.

The main object of my invention is to so construct a car seat that theback can be pivoted at a fixed point and swung from one side to theother, the seat being shifted to helproper position simultaneously withthe ac r.

A further object of the inventionis to utilize the foot rests as stopsto limit the movement of the back.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1,

is an end view of my improved car seat, Fig. 2, is a transversesectional view on the llne 2 2, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, is a side view, partlyin section; Fig. 4, is a sectional plan view on the line 4 4, Fig. l;Fig. 5, is a perspective View illustrating my invention applied to aseat structure having two pedestals; Fig. 6,

is an inverted perspective view of the seatof the structure illustratedin Fig. 5 Figs. 7 and S, are detached views of modifications of detailsof the invention; and Fig. 9, is a per,- spective view of the pivot rodbox carried by the arms of the back section.

It will be understood that my invention can be applied to a car seat ofthe wall end type, or of the type in which .two pedestals are used. Thelatter construction is independent of the sides of the car. It will alsobe understood that while my invention. is particularly adapted for carseats it can be used for other seats where a shifting back is desired,without departing from the essential feature of my invention.

Referring in the first instance to Figs. l to 4, both inclusive, A isthe pedestal and A is the wall end support carrying the car seatstructure. The wall end support is shaped to conform to the sides of thecar body and it will be understood -that the shape may vary according tothe particular type of car body to which the seat structure is applied.The pedestal A has arms a, a, carrying the end plate A2. The wall endsupport A car- Iies a plate A3, connected to the wall end support bywebs a. The pedestal and wall end support are connected by a crossmember C having extended enlarged ends c c which are firmly secured tothe plates A2 and A3 by screws, bolts or other fastenings. Thus makingthe car seat structure rigid and substantial. It will be understood thatthe form of connecting member may be modified without departing fromtheessential features of the invention. B is the seat section and D is .theback. This back is secured to an arm (E and E) at each end of the back,as clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 3, and these arms are pivoted ate, e, respectively, one being pivoted to the base of the pedestal A andthe other being pivoted to the lower end of the wall end support, thetwo pivots being in line so that the back will swing properly from oneposition to the other. The arms E, E are connected together near thepivot point by bars F, F which form the f oot rests of the seatstructure and I preferably so arrange these bars in respect tothepedestal that they act as stops to limit the movement of the back.

In the construction shown in Fig. l, the foot rests are stopped by asingle pedestal A, whereas in the construction illustrated in Fig. 5both pedestals act as stops for limiting the movement of the back. Ipreferably shape the arm E as indicated in Fig. 3, so as to throw thepivot portion of the arm back of the lineof the projecting end of thecar seat, but it will be understood that the shape of these arms mayvary according to the type of seat used. y

In the types shown in Figs. 2 and 3, where a wallend support is used,the webs a of the wall end support A act as stops to limit the movementof the arm E and the seat is so proportioned that the two arms E, E willhave. the same amount of throw.

In some instances, as shown in Fig. 7, stops c2 may be formed on theplate A2 to limit the movement of the arm E, either acting alone or inconjunction with the foot rests F, F. These stops may form webs toconnect a face plate a3 to the seat structure, as shown in Fig. 8, whenit is desired to place such a plate in front of the moving arm. Thisplate can be of any desired shape and ornamented in any suitable manner.In order to make the car seat comfortable it is necessary to shift theseat section B when the back is moved TOO from one position to another,and in order to automatically move this seat section I pivot levers I, Ito the cross bar C, using pivot pins i, i in the form of screws or boltswhich pass through slots i in the levers. Projecting from the short armsof the levers are pins i2 which enter slots t in plates l) secured tothe underside of the scat section, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6. Thelong arms of the levers I are connected to the arms E, E respectively,so that when the back D is moved from one position to the other thelevers I will swing and slide on their pivots andwill shift the seatsection automatically in the reverse direction to the movement of theback. The levers may be connected to their arms E, E in any suitablemanner, the construction I prefer to use being clearly illustrated inFigs. 3, 4 and 9. The arms E, E are preferably enlarged at c2 and. acavity formed in the arms in which rests a flanged box G, the flangesbeing secured to the arms in any suitable manner. Passing verticallythrough this box is a pin g, which is con'hned to the box and. passesthrough an opening in the end of the long arm of the lever I, asillustrated in Fig. 9, the opening being so shaped that while the backwill swing on its pivot from one position to another the lever I will becaused to swing and slide on its pivot, the bar g being of sufficientlength and the opening in the end of the lever I being so shaped as toaccommodate the movement of the back.

In order to give the seat section the proper inclination I formprojections n, n on each plate A2 and A3 and form depending flanges b2on each end of the seat section which are cut away at each end asillustrated in the drawings, so that when the back section is in theposition illustrated in Fig. 2, for instance, the front edge of the seatis raised as the flanges lf are resting on the projections n and thebody of the seat is resting on a projection a. Then the bacl is shiftedto the opposite side then the flanges b2 rest upon the proj ection n andthe body of the seat is resting upon the projection n. In some instancesit may be necessary to lock the seat section to the frame when in eitherof its two positions to prevent the rear end lifting should heavypressure be applied to the front end of the seat, and in order to lockthe rear end of the seat and prevent it lifting I form lipped lugs b3 oneach end of each ll ange b2, which engage the portion c of the crossmember C, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the lugs at the back of the seatengaging the cross member While the lugs at the forward end of the seatare free. It will be noticed in the type of seat illustrated that theplates A2 and A3 extend on each side of the seat section, so as to mallea neat finish and to hold the seat section against endwise movement, andthe long arms of the levers I, I extend through slots m, m/ in theseplates and the ends of the slots preferably act as stops to limit themovement of the arms, as indicated in Fig. 4.

Thus it will be seen by the above construction that I am enabled to makea very comfortable and easily operated car seat with very few parts andin which the back section is connected rigidly to arms which are pivotedto xed points at the base of the car seat structure, and my inventioncan be aplied either to the wall end support type, as illustrated inFigs. 1 to 4, inclusive, or may be applied to the double pedestal typeas illustrated in Fig. 5. In this figure I have shown a modification ofthe side plates, in which the slotted extension is dispensed with andthe foot rests act as the sole means of limiting the movement of theback section.

The seat section illustrated in Fig. 6 shows a type in which the locksare dispensed with.

The construction shown in the drawings is intended for a double carseat, but if a single seat is desired then a single shifting leverconnected to one side arm of the back section may be used to shift theseat section, but I prefer to use the two levers, as illustrated in Fig.4.

I claim 1. The combination in a seat having a shifting back, of a frame,a back section pivoted to the frame, a seat section movable on theframe, a horizontally arranged lever pivoted to the frame and connectedto the back section and the seat section so that the seat section willbe moved when the back section is shifted, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a seat, of a frame, a back section having armspivoted to the frame and arranged to swing from one extreme position tothe other, two horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frame, a seatsection movable on the frame, said levers engaging the back section andthe seat section so that when the back section is shifted the seatsection will be moved, substantially as described.

The combination in a seat, of a frame, a back section having armspivoted to the lower end of the frame, said back section being arrangedto swing on its pivots from one extreme to the other, two horizontallevers mounted on the frame, one lever engaging one arm of the backsection and the other lever engaging the other arm of the back section,a seat section arranged to slide on the frame and engaged bythe leversso that when the back section is shifted the seat section will move inthe reverse direction, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a seat, of a frame, a back section having armspivoted to the lower end of the frame and arranged to swing from oneextreme position to the other, a seat section arranged to slide on theframe, two horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frame, saidlevers having long and short ICO IIO

arms, the long arms of the levers being conF nected to the back sectionand the short arms of the levers being connected to the seat section sothat when the back section is shifted the seat section is moved alimited distance, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a seat, of a frame, a back section having armspivoted to the frame near the floor, a seat section slotted on its underside, and two horizontally arranged levers having pins extending intothe slots of the seat section, said levers being connected to the backsection, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a seat, of a frame having a pedestal, a backsection having arms at each side ivoted to the frame near the floor, twobars forming foot rests, one bar exten-ding on one side of the pedestalyand the other bar extending on the other side of the pedestal, both barsbeing connected to the frames of the back section near the pivot point,one bar contacting with the outer side of the pedestal when the backsection is in one position and the other contacting with the outer sideof the pedestal when the back section is in the opposite position,substantially as described.

7. The combination in a car seat, of a frame, a back section having armspivoted to the frame near the floor line,l a seat section arranged toslide on theframe, two horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frameand connected tothe arms of the seat section, slotted plates on theunderside of the seat section, pins on the levers entering the slots insaid plates, each lever being slotted for the passage of its pivot pinso that when the back section is shifted the levers will turn and slideon their pivots and shift the seat'section, substantially as described.

8. The combination in a seat structure, of a frame, a back sectionpivoted to the frame, said frame having projections at each edge, a seatsection having flanges cut away near each end and arranged to rest uponthe projections of the frame, horizontally arranged levers connectingthe seat section with the back section and pivoted to the frame so thatwhen the back section is moved the seat will be shifted, the iianges ofthe seat being so proportioned that when they are resting on theprojections at one side of the seat structure they are clear of theprojections on the opposite side, substantially as described.

9. The combination in a seat structure, of a frame having plates at eachend, each plate having projections at each end, a seat section havingflanges cut away near each end and so proportioned that when the flangesare resting on the projections at one side of the seat structure theianges on the opposite side of the seat structure are clear of theprojections, a back section arranged to be shifted from one position tothe other, means for con- 'of the seat section to the'frame,substantially as described.

10. The combination in a car seat structure, of a frame having plates ateach end and projections at each end of each plate, a seat sectionhaving flanges arranged to slide on the plates, the said flanges beingcut away .v at each end and so proportioned that when the seat sectionis in one position one end of the seat section will be raised by theflanges resting upon the projections on the frame, lipped lugs on eachend of each iiange, said lugs arranged to engage the frame at thedepressed side or the rear of the seat, a movable back section, andmeans connecting the back section with the seat section, substantiallyas described.

11. The combination in a car seat, of a frame, a back section havingarms pivoted to the frame near the floor line, a seat section arrangedto slide on the frame, horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frameandengaging the said seat section, a boX set in each arm of the saidback section, and a pivot pin secured to the boX and passing through theopening in the end of the horizontal lever, substantially as described.

12. The combination in a car seat structure, of a frame consisting of apedestal and wall end support, a cross member connecting the wall endsupport with the pedestal, plates forming part of the pedestal and wallend support, a back section having arms secured thereto, said arms beingpivoted one to the base of the pedestal and the other to the lowerportion of the wall end support, horizontally arranged levers pivoted tothe frame and arrangedl to slide on their pivots, the long arms of thelevers being connected to the arms of the back section, a seat sectionarranged to slide on the frame with which the short arms of the leversengage, stops on the vwall end Ysupport to limit the movement of theback section at that end of the seat structure, and stops on thepedestal section to limit the movement of that end of the back section,subrtantially as described.

13. The combination in a car seat structure, of a Aframe consisting of apedestal and wall end support and a cross member connecting the two, aplate and webs connecting .the plate to the wall end support, a platecarried by the pedestal, projections on each end of each plate, a seatsection arranged to slide on the said plates so that the front end ofthe seat will be raised higher than the rear end of the seat, a backsection having arms, one arm being pivoted to the wall end support andthe other arm being pivoted to the pedestal, the arm at the wall endsupport end of the seat being limited in movement by the webs connectingthe plate with the wall end support, two horizontal levers pivoted tothe cross member under the seat section, pivot name to thisspecification, in the presence of pins on the arms of the back sectionWith two subscribing Witnesses. Which the levers enorme the seat sectionbe- T f ing slotted, and piis Cori the levers entering FRED H' HEB lm" 5the slots in the seat section, substantially as Witnesses:

described. WM. A. BARR,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my Jos. H. KLEIN.

